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Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Exalt, or carry on thy shoulders, like the good shepherd. Lu. 15:5. Restore thy people to prosperity. This was the wish of the carnal Jews. The Christian must raise his thoughts higher. Calmet.—S. Jerom and Prot. “feed … and lift them up for ever.” Here the progress of justification appears. Bible.—God redeems and conducts us to eternal bliss. Bert.—As in Psalms 19. and so forth the subjects pray for their superiors, so here the ruler offers up his petitions for those committed to his charge. Worthington.
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